Author: Vytautė Žilinskaitė
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785050034328
Category : Children's stories, Lithuanian
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Robot and the Moth
Author: Vytautė Žilinskaitė
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785050034328
Category : Children's stories, Lithuanian
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785050034328
Category : Children's stories, Lithuanian
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Moth and the Mountain
Author: Ed Caesar
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501143387
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501143387
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Provided by publisher.
The Moth Snowstorm
Author: Michael McCarthy
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681370417
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths “would pack a car’s headlight beams like snowflakes in a blizzard,” is a distant memory. Wildlife is being lost, not only in the wholesale extinctions of species but also in the dwindling of those species that still exist. The Moth Snowstorm is unlike any other book about climate change today; combining the personal with the polemical, it is a manifesto rooted in experience, a poignant memoir of the author’s first love: nature. McCarthy traces his adoration of the natural world to when he was seven, when the discovery of butterflies and birds brought sudden joy to a boy whose mother had just been hospitalized and whose family life was deteriorating. He goes on to record in painful detail the rapid dissolution of nature’s abundance in the intervening decades, and he proposes a radical solution to our current problem: that we each recognize in ourselves the capacity to love the natural world. Arguing that neither sustainable development nor ecosystem services have provided adequate defense against pollution, habitat destruction, species degradation, and climate change, McCarthy asks us to consider nature as an intrinsic good and an emotional and spiritual resource, capable of inspiring joy, wonder, and even love. An award-winning environmental journalist, McCarthy presents a clear, well-documented picture of what he calls “the great thinning” around the world, while interweaving the story of his own early discovery of the wilderness and a childhood saved by nature. Drawing on the truths of poets, the studies of scientists, and the author’s long experience in the field, The Moth Snowstorm is part elegy, part ode, and part argument, resulting in a passionate call to action.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681370417
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths “would pack a car’s headlight beams like snowflakes in a blizzard,” is a distant memory. Wildlife is being lost, not only in the wholesale extinctions of species but also in the dwindling of those species that still exist. The Moth Snowstorm is unlike any other book about climate change today; combining the personal with the polemical, it is a manifesto rooted in experience, a poignant memoir of the author’s first love: nature. McCarthy traces his adoration of the natural world to when he was seven, when the discovery of butterflies and birds brought sudden joy to a boy whose mother had just been hospitalized and whose family life was deteriorating. He goes on to record in painful detail the rapid dissolution of nature’s abundance in the intervening decades, and he proposes a radical solution to our current problem: that we each recognize in ourselves the capacity to love the natural world. Arguing that neither sustainable development nor ecosystem services have provided adequate defense against pollution, habitat destruction, species degradation, and climate change, McCarthy asks us to consider nature as an intrinsic good and an emotional and spiritual resource, capable of inspiring joy, wonder, and even love. An award-winning environmental journalist, McCarthy presents a clear, well-documented picture of what he calls “the great thinning” around the world, while interweaving the story of his own early discovery of the wilderness and a childhood saved by nature. Drawing on the truths of poets, the studies of scientists, and the author’s long experience in the field, The Moth Snowstorm is part elegy, part ode, and part argument, resulting in a passionate call to action.
The Moth Presents: All These Wonders
Author: Catherine Burns
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1101904410
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
“Wonderful." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Celebrating the 20th anniversary of storytelling phenomenon The Moth, 45 unforgettable true stories about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best ever told on their stages Carefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of live storytelling, All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Alongside Meg Wolitzer, John Turturro, and Tig Notaro, readers will encounter: an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, an Afghan refugee learning how much her father sacrificed to save their family, a hip-hop star coming to terms with being a “one-hit wonder,” a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill’s “secret army” during World War II, and more. High-school student and neuroscientist alike, the storytellers share their ventures into uncharted territory—and how their lives were changed indelibly by what they discovered there. With passion, and humor, they encourage us all to be more open, vulnerable, and alive.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1101904410
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
“Wonderful." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Celebrating the 20th anniversary of storytelling phenomenon The Moth, 45 unforgettable true stories about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best ever told on their stages Carefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of live storytelling, All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Alongside Meg Wolitzer, John Turturro, and Tig Notaro, readers will encounter: an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, an Afghan refugee learning how much her father sacrificed to save their family, a hip-hop star coming to terms with being a “one-hit wonder,” a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill’s “secret army” during World War II, and more. High-school student and neuroscientist alike, the storytellers share their ventures into uncharted territory—and how their lives were changed indelibly by what they discovered there. With passion, and humor, they encourage us all to be more open, vulnerable, and alive.
The Moth Ball Serial Guy
Author: Frances Walter
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477217142
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
It starts at the top and works its way down. You gotta read thisThese guys are paid to serve and protect. We start with an FBI agent. She works herself silly to go up the ladder to fulfill her dreamsReally? To be sabotaged at every turn because she is good. Inside the walls of the FBIWhat is really going on? BelievableMaybeMaybe not Careers are made and broken with a shiny FBI badgeAnd when you think it is over and all has given up to go homeThen it all starts again.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477217142
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
It starts at the top and works its way down. You gotta read thisThese guys are paid to serve and protect. We start with an FBI agent. She works herself silly to go up the ladder to fulfill her dreamsReally? To be sabotaged at every turn because she is good. Inside the walls of the FBIWhat is really going on? BelievableMaybeMaybe not Careers are made and broken with a shiny FBI badgeAnd when you think it is over and all has given up to go homeThen it all starts again.
Mobile Robots
Author: Joseph L. Jones
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439863989
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Revised and updated, the second edition includes several new chapters with projects and applications. The authors keep pace with the ever-growing and rapidly expanding field of robotics. The new edition reflects technological developments and includes programs and activities for robot enthusiasts. Using photographs, illustrations, and informative t
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439863989
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Revised and updated, the second edition includes several new chapters with projects and applications. The authors keep pace with the ever-growing and rapidly expanding field of robotics. The new edition reflects technological developments and includes programs and activities for robot enthusiasts. Using photographs, illustrations, and informative t
A Macabre Myth of a Moth-Man
Author: Brad Fear
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438902646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
WATCH OUT... THIS AIN'T GONNA BE PRETTY... Meet Moth: he's half his namesake and half social misfit. Moth's been pretty ticked off. A year ago sciencey people locked him in a lab, stuck needles in him and shone lights in his eyes. He wasn't very happy about this, so now him and his mate 'Ozzy' (a quite unpleasant chap of green skin, yellow eyes and lots of teeth) are out for good ol' fashioned retribution. Meet Nina. She's a barmaid and wants to work with animals. Nina's been roped into helping some friends with their amateur 'Moth-man' documentary. Of course, she doesn't believe in such silly myths, but she needs something to take her mind off her ex-boyfriend. Unluckily for Nina, her world is about to be blown apart by the ugly-as-sin truth... Looks like Moth and Nina have got enough on their plates... and that's not including the gas-mask wearing cult, the ticking, blade-fingered robot or the old man with the crows flying around him... 'A MACABRE MYTH OF A MOTH-MAN' is the debut novel of author Brad Fear: a union of urban fantasy and noir, chronicling the tale of a seemingly clueless insect detective.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438902646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
WATCH OUT... THIS AIN'T GONNA BE PRETTY... Meet Moth: he's half his namesake and half social misfit. Moth's been pretty ticked off. A year ago sciencey people locked him in a lab, stuck needles in him and shone lights in his eyes. He wasn't very happy about this, so now him and his mate 'Ozzy' (a quite unpleasant chap of green skin, yellow eyes and lots of teeth) are out for good ol' fashioned retribution. Meet Nina. She's a barmaid and wants to work with animals. Nina's been roped into helping some friends with their amateur 'Moth-man' documentary. Of course, she doesn't believe in such silly myths, but she needs something to take her mind off her ex-boyfriend. Unluckily for Nina, her world is about to be blown apart by the ugly-as-sin truth... Looks like Moth and Nina have got enough on their plates... and that's not including the gas-mask wearing cult, the ticking, blade-fingered robot or the old man with the crows flying around him... 'A MACABRE MYTH OF A MOTH-MAN' is the debut novel of author Brad Fear: a union of urban fantasy and noir, chronicling the tale of a seemingly clueless insect detective.
The Moon Moth and Other Stories
Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
ISBN: 1619470322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
ISBN: 1619470322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Essentials of Machine Olfaction and Taste
Author: Takamichi Nakamoto
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118768515
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Essentials of Machine Olfaction and Taste This book provides a valuable information source for olfaction and taste which includes a comprehensive and timely overview of the current state of knowledge of use for olfaction and taste machines Presents original, latest research in the field, with an emphasis on the recent development of human interfacing Covers the full range of artificial chemical senses including olfaction and taste, from basic through to advanced level Timely project in that mobile robots, olfactory displays and odour recorders are currently under research, driven by commercial demand
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118768515
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Essentials of Machine Olfaction and Taste This book provides a valuable information source for olfaction and taste which includes a comprehensive and timely overview of the current state of knowledge of use for olfaction and taste machines Presents original, latest research in the field, with an emphasis on the recent development of human interfacing Covers the full range of artificial chemical senses including olfaction and taste, from basic through to advanced level Timely project in that mobile robots, olfactory displays and odour recorders are currently under research, driven by commercial demand
Monkey & Robot
Author: Peter Catalanotto
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442429798
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Best friends Monkey and Robot, who laugh and jump up and down when they are happy, enjoy a variety of activities. This snappy collection includes their first four adventures. Illustrations.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442429798
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Best friends Monkey and Robot, who laugh and jump up and down when they are happy, enjoy a variety of activities. This snappy collection includes their first four adventures. Illustrations.